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CVE-2024-45590

body-parser vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is enabled

Severity Score

7.5
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Attend
*SSVC
Descriptions

body-parser is Node.js body parsing middleware. body-parser <1.20.3 is vulnerable to denial of service when url encoding is enabled. A malicious actor using a specially crafted payload could flood the server with a large number of requests, resulting in denial of service. This issue is patched in 1.20.3.

A flaw was found in body-parser. This vulnerability causes denial of service via a specially crafted payload when the URL encoding is enabled.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Attend
Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2024-09-02 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-09-10 CVE Published
  • 2024-09-10 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-21 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-405: Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Expressjs
Search vendor "Expressjs"
 Body-parser
Search vendor "Expressjs" for product "Body-parser"
 < 1.20.3
Search vendor "Expressjs" for product "Body-parser" and version " < 1.20.3"
en
Affected